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El Colecio
Colecio, also written Colesio, is a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The town is the largest community of many other smaller communities from the Municipality of Ecuandureo. The town of El Colecio is located between the cities of La Piedad La Piedad is a municipality located at in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato and being the northernmost municipality in Michoacán. The municipal seat is the city of La Piedad de Cabadas. The o ... and Zamora, along Mexican Federal Highway 15D. The town is located on the Tarascan Plateau in the northwestern part of the state, at an approximate elevation of 1,567 m (5,141 ft) above sea level. El Colecio is surrounded by the fertile Tziróndaro Valley which is an important agricultural area that exports large amounts of produce to the United States. History As the legend goes, in the early 1900s the settled a small school in a hacienda along the hill "El Ensinal". As the bu ...
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ...
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Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 113 Municipalities of Michoacán, municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid). The city was named after José María Morelos, a native of the city and one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacán is located in western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, State of Mexico, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl: ''Michhuahcān'' from ''michhuah'' and ''-cān'' and means "place of the fishermen", referring to those who fish on Lake ...
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Ecuandureo
Ecuandureo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located in the northwestern part of the state and its head is the town of Ecuandureo. See also * 2015 Michoacán shootout * El Colecio *Municipalities of Michoacán Michoacán is a state in western Mexico that is divided into 113 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the ninth most populated state with inhabitants and the 16th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Mic ... External links Ecuandureo municipalityin PueblosAmerica.com Municipalities of Michoacán {{Michoacán-geo-stub ...
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La Piedad
La Piedad is a municipality located at in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato and being the northernmost municipality in Michoacán. The municipal seat is the city of La Piedad de Cabadas. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both cities straddle the Lerma River. La Piedad's population was 106,490 inhabitants in the 2020 census (250,000 including its metropolitan area). The municipality has an area of 284.11 km² (109.7 sq mi). It is bordered by the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato. Geography La Piedad, "north door" of the state of Michoacán, surrounding the Lerma river, has limits at the north with the municipalities of Degollado, Jalisco and Pénjamo, Guanajuato; at the east with the municipality of Numarán, Michoacán; at the south with the municipalities of Zináparo, Churintzio, and Ecuandureo, Michoacán; and at the west with the municipalit ...
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Zamora, Michoacán
Zamora de Hidalgo () is a city in the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, Michoacán, Zamora Municipality, which has an area of 330.97 km2 (127.79 sq mi) and includes many other smaller communities, the largest of which is ''Ario de Rayón'' (formerly known as ''Ario de Santa Mónica''). The municipality's population is around 186,102, which makes it the second most populous urban area in the state. The city of Zamora is an important economic center in the state and the most significant population center between the cities of Morelia, Michoacan, Morelia and Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara. The city is located on the Tarascan Plateau in the northwestern part of the state, at an elevation of 1,567 m (5,141 ft) above sea level. Zamora is surrounded by the fertile Tziróndaro Valley which is an important agricultural area ...
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Tarascan Plateau
The Tarascan Plateau (Spanish: ''Meseta Tarasca''), also Purépecha Plateau (''Meseta Purépecha''), is a plateau and region in the Mexican state of Michoacán, in Southwestern Mexico. The plateau begins at the southwestern foot of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It is considered a region of temperate land, irrigated by the Lerma River and its tributaries. It has several lakes, like Lake Pátzcuaro, Lake Cuitzeo, and Lake Zirahuén. History The Tarascan Plateau has a strong indigenous peoples presence. The Purépecha were dedicated to agriculture and forestry. It was the location of the Purépecha culture during the Mesoamerican Postclassical period. Some of its principal pre-Columbian and present day population centers were/are Pátzcuaro Pátzcuaro () is a city and municipality located in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. The town was founded sometime in the 1320s, at first becoming the capital of the Purépecha Empire and later its ceremonial center. After the Spanish to ...
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